I have a confession to make. First off, for anyone who is reading this but doesn’t know me personally, we have 5 children and we adopted the two youngest in 2004. That means we started the process in the later part of 2002. So we’ve been in this “world” for 14 years.
But back to my confession….. If I could describe me in 2002, I’d describe me this way, “Boy was I naïve!” I thought I had this parenting thing down pretty well. We had three kids, pretty well adjusted, well behaved and such. I could handle two more – it would just be a little louder, a little busier but not a whole lot different.
Boy was I naïve!
I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately and then the music group, “Mercy Me” came out with their hit song, “Dear Younger Me.” I’m not taking any direct material from it, but their song was a guiding format that I decided to use to write a book.
I’m calling the book, “31 Cups of Coffee – What I Wish My Younger Me Had Known About Adoption – a look back at the last 12 years of adoption.” It’s going to be a series of informal “chats over coffee” about things I wish I had known.
Do I have it all written yet? No I don’t. As I write it, I’ll be posting on here brief overviews of the chapters. If you want to known more about it and when it will be done – see that sign up form right next to this post? Sign up there and I’ll keep you informed.
I’m not going to guarantee it, but I’m hoping to have it written and available in time for Christmas gifts this year.
One other thing for now – 20% of what I make on the book will go to the Education Fund at the Apparent Project. The Education Fund is something I’m spending a lot of time working on during my work days and I believe it will make a huge difference in the lives of those who are working with The Apparent Project in an effort to keep their families together.
Keep in touch, tell others who might be interested and I’ll keep sharing information here about it too.
Thanks,
Tom V
